http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/networks/the-microsecond-market/0 Outstanding article on the lengths taken by some trading syndicates to gain an advantage on the markets. This is however only the tip of the iceberg, as clandestine activities also take place - everything from human espionage, cybe...

Hello, I have a technical suggestion of perhaps changing the code to allow a user to easily see the number of new unread posts (since last view) on the listing of topics in a forum. Similar to Google Groups where the number of unread posts is marked in bold, thus allowing the user to easily see at a...

"The European stock markets heavily influence our local ones here in the States at times. During the recent correction, their weak behavior often weighed on the SPX. But despite all the intense fears then, the major European indexes have been recovering beautifully since. They are on the verge ...